Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35, can be heard twice every Friday – Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST.
SIRIUS 293: Jean Michel Bernard – Générique Stephane ++ The Buff Medways – Troubled Mind ++ Condo Fucks – Gudbuy T’Jane ++ Richard Swift – Drakula (Hey Man!) ++ The Blue Rondos – Baby I Go For You ++ The Skygreen Leopards – Johnny’s Theme ++ Swamp Rats – Louie Louie ++ Dead Moon – Walking On My Grave ++ The Strange Boys – A Man You’ve Never Known ++ Natural Child – The Jungle ++ Harlem – Witchgreens ++ Black Lips – Not A Problem ++ The Emperors – I Want My Woman ++ The One Way Streets – We All Love Peanut Butter ++ The Warlocks – I Love You ++ The Chocolate Watchband – It’s All Over Now Baby Blue ++ Bedlam’s Offspring – I’ll Be There ++ Michelle’s Menagerie – Stay Away ++ The Swamp Rats – I’m Going Home ++ Weekends – Want You ++ Unknown – Voodoo ++ Bob Vidone & The Rhythm Rockers – Weird ++ The Cramps – TV Set ++ Jay Reatard – Hammer I Miss You ++ Rob Jo Star Band – I Call On One’s Muse ++ Donnie & Joe Emerson – Give Me The Chance ++ The Liminanas – Je Suis Une Go-Go Girl ++ The Mad Daddy – Jet Speed Saucer Blast ++ The Velvet Underground – Lady Godiva’s Operation ++ The Shangri-Las – How Pretty Can You Get? ++ Fleur De Lys – Circles ++ Dave Davies – Creeping Jean (mono mix) ++ The Peoples Temple – More For The Masses ++ Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley ++ Charlotte Leslie – Les Filles C’est Fait ++ Jacques Dutronc – J’ai Mis Un Tigre Dans Ma Guitare ++ The Graham Bond Organisation – Hear Me Calling Your Name ++ The Shadows – Scotch On The Socks ++ The Headcoatees – Meet Jacqueline ++ The Fondettes – The Beatles Are In Town ++ Beatle-Ettes – Only Seventeen ++ The Bush – Feeling Sad And Lonely ++ Los Saicos – Come On ++ David Bowie – Janine (BBC Session) ++ Reigning Sound – I Walk By Your House ++ The Rock*A*Teens – Black Metal Scars ++ Twin Peaks – Ocean Blue
*You can listen, for free, online with the SIRIUS three day trial — just submit an email address and they will send you a password.
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It’s been more than half a century since John Fahey made his first recordings, kicking off what he called the “American Primitive” or Takoma School of acoustic guitar playing — a movement that today appears to be as vibrant and vital as ever. Fahey still casts a long shadow, of course, but the music is a constantly growing and changing thing, with creative young guitarists like Daniel Bachman and William Tyler injecting new life and veterans like Don Bikoff and Harry Taussig emerging from the mists of obscurity. Somewhere in between, you’ll find solo guitar practitioners like Glenn Jones and Chuck Johnson who have been quietly honing their craft over decades and who have both released masterpieces this spring.
Chuck Johnson’s first recordings (released under the name Ivanovich in the late 90s) were improv guitar pieces. But his new Three Lobed release,
Since 2005, the best way to keep up with what’s new with the Takoma School has been to scoop up the
Reading about Henry Flynt can be a little intimidating. The guy is described as an “avant garde minimalist” and “anti-art activist,” and is often mentioned in the same breath as LaMonte Young, Tony Conrad and the Fluxus movement. Flynt himself says: “”I aspire to a beauty which is ecstatic and perpetual, while at the same time being concretely human and emotionally profound.” None of this should scare you off. Flynt’s music is very, very fun, as demonstrated fully by his chooglin’ avant-hillbilly double LP Graduation, freshly reissued on wax by
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